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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/10/12)
A&E: Shipping Wars (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
HGTV: Property Virgins (Premiere) at 9:30pm
BET: The Game (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Let’s Stay Together (Premiere) at 11pm
BRAVO: Tabatha Takes Over (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFEITME: Dance Moms (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: 24 Hour Catwalk (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Swamp Loggers (Finale) at 10pm

Beginning this Wednesday, Discovery Channel debuts the new four-part series Combat Cash at 10p. The series centers on Bob Thatt, owner of Vintage Productions and his partner Owen Thornton as they search for military artifacts and collectibles. Two half-hour episodes air this Wednesday followed by two more on January 25.
(Source: Cynopsis)

This Saturday, The Style Network opens its new series Our Big Fat Weight Loss Story chronicling the stories of different families as they pursue a healthy lifestyle. The series begins Saturday with two back-to-back episodes starting at 12 noon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

According to Mad Men star John Hamm, the series will make its fifth season comeback on AMC March 25. Hamm had appeared last Friday on the podcast Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson where he mentioned Mad Men’s premiere date though no other information. AMC has not confirmed this debut date.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime premiered new series House of Lies on Sunday which delivered 1.03 million total viewers at 10p along with another 384,000 for the 12a encore and 146,000 for the repeat episode at 1a, tallying nearly 1.6 million total viewers for the night. Also on Sunday at 9p, Showtime debuted the sophomore season of Shameless which drew in 1.58 million total viewers, up +61% versus the first season premiere. Shameless also brought in another 475,000 for the 11p episode, totaling 2.06 million for the night. Showtime additionally debuted the fifth season of Californication at 1030p with 758,000 total viewers and another 267,000 total viewers for the repeat episode at 1230a.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday’s season five debut of Ax Men at 9p on HISTORY tallied 2.9 million total viewers; 1.6 million with A25-54; and 1.5 million with A18-49. Following at 10p, HISTORY launched new series Cajun Pawn Stars which exceeded the lead-in and attracted 3.6 million total viewers; 2.0 million among A25-54; and 1.8 million with A18-49 with two back-to-back half-hour episodes. Ax Men is produced by Original Productions for HISTORY and Cajun Pawn Stars is from Leftfield Pictures for HISTORY.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $33 million

CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 9, 2012
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/9/12)
CBS: CBS This Morning (re-vamped with Charlie Rose, Gayle King & Erica Hill) (Premiere) at 7am
DISCOVERY: First Week In (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Mobster Confessions (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: America’s Money Class With Suze Orman (Premiere) at 9pm
VERIA LIVIING: The Last 10 Pound Boot Camp (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: Caged (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Bobby Womack (Premiere) at 10pm

New weekly weight-loss series Dale con Ganas (Give It Your All) will debut on UnivisionNetwork January 11 at 10p. Hosted by Alfonso “Poncho” de Anda, co-host of Univision’s morning show Despierta America (Wake-Up America), the series follows four Hispanic families who compete against each other as they transform their bodies and their lives. As every participating family wins by improving their health, the final winners will additionally receive a grand prize package of $100,000. The series is co-produced by 25/7 Productions (NBC’s The Biggest Loser) and Estefan Film and Television Productions in association with Univision Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

At the TCA tour, FOX revealed it is establishing a new division to head the development and production of alternative animated series, shorts and user-adapted content to fill a new late-night animated programming block and a new digital multi-platform network. Spearheading this new unit is former Adult Swim Head/Program Development and Executive Producer, Nick Weidenfeld in an exclusive deal with FOX. Additionally, producer Hend Baghdady was tagged as Executive In Charge/Production. FOX’s new animated late-night block will air on Saturdays from 11p to 1230a and will contain four new animated series each season beginning January 2013. FOX’s new digital channel will cover online, mobile apps, game consoles and VOD beginning this year and featuring 50 original short-form pieces each year, online windows of FOX animated shows and user-adapted content.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also from the TCA tour, E! will expand its weekly series Fashion Police to a one-hour format beginning March 9 at 10p. Hosted by Joan Rivers, the show features panelists Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last Thursday’s fifth season premiere of MTV’s Jersey Shore attracted 7.6 million total viewers though this season debut marked a -14% decline over the fourth season launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Saturday’s Your Voice, Your Vote Republican Presidential Debate in New Hampshire presented by ABC News and airing live tallied 6.25 million viewers; 1.73 among A25-54; and 1.40 million with A18-49 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Musician/actor Harry Connick Jr. landed a four-episode run on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU beginning with the January 18 episode. Connick will play a dedicated, by-the-book assistant D.A. named David Haden who becomes a love interest for Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Marcia Gay Harden was cast in the lead for a new comedy pilot called Isabel about a normal middle-class family that struggles with ordinary events while raising a daughter (Grimm’s Sophia Mitri Schloss) who possesses magical qualities. Harden will play the mother.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Dukes of Hazzard star Catherine Bach is back on television joining CBS’ daytime soap The Young and the Restless with her first appearance starting February 7. Bach will play Anita, the scheming mother of Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan).
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Devil Inside – $34.5 million
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – $20.5 million
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows – $14.1 million
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – $11.3 million
Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $9.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)